Land Adjacent to The Gables, Banters Lane, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3
- Land size
- 1.32 acres
Description
Guide Price = £1,150,000+
**For Sale By Public Auction 2nd September 2026 09:30 AM To inspect the legal documents for this property go to our website to download the legal pack**
A Substantial Plot of Land Measuring Approximately 1.32 Acres (5,350 sq m / 57,590 sq ft). Offered With Planning Permission for the Erection of Eight Detached Family Homes.
Tenure
Freehold
Location
Great Leighs is a sought after village set in open Essex countryside between
Chelmsford and Braintree, with the A131 and A120 providing fast road links to the
A12 and the wider network. Chelmsford, with its mainline service to London
Liverpool Street and full range of shops, schools and amenities, is within easy
reach. The village itself offers a primary school, public house and local services,
with extensive open spaces and countryside on the doorstep.
Description
The lot comprises a substantial 1.32 acre (5,350 sq m) freehold site with the benefit
of full planning permission for eight detached family homes extending to
approximately 18,924 sq ft (1,758 sq m) of accommodation in total. The consented
scheme provides a high quality mix of three five bedroom houses, four four
bedroom houses and one three bedroom house, set on generous plots in a low
density layout in keeping with the village setting. With a recent and implementable
consent in place, the site offers a ready to deliver development opportunity in a
strong and established residential location.
Note
The site area depicted within the plan in the auction particulars is for indicative purposes only. Additionally, any measurements stated may not be exact. Some or all of the plot may comprise adopted highway land and if the site has trees, there may be Tree Preservation Orders in place. Buyers should rely on their own enquiries with regard to precise measurements, any consents or rights over the land and any possible development potential or alternative uses for this site.
Planning
Chelmsford Borough Council granted the following planning: (ref: 23/01637/FUL) on 12/02/2026 : 'Application for full planning permission for the construction of 8no. dwellings (Use class C3), access, car parking, landscaping and associated works'. The permission is a full, detailed and implementable consent. The decision notice, approved drawings, planning conditions and associated legal agreement are available within the legal
pack.
Open Site
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-08-08
Market Value Analysis
Compared with 158 Development Land listings in East Anglia (1+ acres).
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
- Parking Available
- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
No premises records for this postcode, which is common for bare land and rural plots. A new connection would be quoted by the provider.
Mobile signal
No address-level signal records for this postcode, which is common for bare land.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Great Leighs Primary School988 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 197
- Type
- Community school
- White Court School1.7 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 550
- Type
- Community school
- Notley Green Primary School2.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 401
- Type
- Academy converter
- John Ray Infant School2.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 2 to 7
- Pupils
- 319
- Type
- Academy converter
- John Ray Junior School2.7 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Pupils
- 439
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
Secondary
- Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form2.6 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Pupils
- 1,210
- Type
- Academy converter
- Alec Hunter Academy3.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,058
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Tabor Academy3.6 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 989
- Type
- Academy converter
- Chelmer Valley High School4.9 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,200
- Type
- Academy converter
- The Beaulieu Park School5.2 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Pupils
- 1,763
- Type
- Free schools
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Surface water
The detail behind these bandings
The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.
- Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
- Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
- Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
- Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
- Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
- Ground risks (included in the full report)
- Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)
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